In this clip, inventor Marc Griffin shows off his new game, "Bulletball", to the American Inventor judges.
nommas ยท 362 points ยท Posted at 20:51:35 on October 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I remember right, despite this video he did actually get some form of success. It became popular among the elderly. I mean, it's not the greatest result but at least he wasn't a total failure.
[deleted] ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 09:12:45 on January 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh that's actually really awesome! I'm sure this made him happy. God, his dedication... OPs video was heartbreaking, worst thing I've seen on here (so far).
Yeah iirc some Christian group at a local college took up the cause by pretending to like Bulletball, and then one of them brought it to senior citizens.
apart from it being edited as fuck, they are guiding him with their questions. like that hillbilly rapper.
"where are you from, how did you get here?"
"i sold my car for a ticket" what kind of question is this?
"what have you put into this game over these years? where are you know?"
how are these questions even connected unless they are guiding him with their bullshit?
also its just a table with a ping pong ball. he did not invest his life in that thing. he is full of shit.
i can make you a bullet ball tomorrow. i will even make a hole for your dick in it. cause if there is one thing better than bullet ball...this is fuckable bullet ball .
you can play it and go back to that day you spent with your ex wife, the day you in vented bullet ball and you were happy, and she looked at you, and she kissed you...
Yes. Online because it was covered by local news. This is probably a waste of time, and I know you feel like you're on a roll right now, but there are several categories of reality shows. All are "fake" in that they are guided by producers in different ways.
In the case of something like American Inventor (or American Idol, or The Voice) producers will set up massive cattle call auditions and then go out of their way to pick the craziest, most narcissistic, or best human interest angles. They had those questions for him because he had told producers all these things in a pre-interview. Then later, the producers intervened in the judging process so that the narrative would play out the way they wanted it to. However, the people auditioning were real people who were hand selected because of how they would come across on TV.
There's also the whole other category of reality shows - American Pickers, Storage Wars, Bigfoot whatever, ghost hunters, which are basically scripted from the outset with staged scenarios and multiple takes to get the reaction they want.
Source: have friends who produce reality shows, have had clients booked on reality shows, was scouted to be an "expert" for an episode of a reality show.
[deleted] ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 17:39:58 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
This comment has been overwritten by an open source script to protect this user's privacy. It was created to help protect users from doxing, stalking, harassment, and profiling for the purposes of censorship.
Then simply click on your username on Reddit, go to the comments tab, scroll down as far as possible (hint:use RES), and hit the new OVERWRITE button at the top.
If I could remember the lyrics to the Bulletball song, I could tell you.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 12:03:57 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
This comment has been overwritten by an open source script to protect this user's privacy. It was created to help protect users from doxing, stalking, harassment, and profiling for the purposes of censorship.
Then simply click on your username on Reddit, go to the comments tab, scroll down as far as possible (hint:use RES), and hit the new OVERWRITE button at the top.
I did not learn what bulletball extreme is in that 4 minutes.
[deleted] ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 12:15:15 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
This comment has been overwritten by an open source script to protect this user's privacy. It was created to help protect users from doxing, stalking, harassment, and profiling for the purposes of censorship.
Then simply click on your username on Reddit, go to the comments tab, scroll down as far as possible (hint:use RES), and hit the new OVERWRITE button at the top.
It's literally the same game with altered rules for competitive play. Because all sports have different names for league play, right? Like basketball is what you play in your driveway, but those bigger, faster guys on tv? That's Basketball Extremeยฎ.
Uhh, to be fair there is Streetball, which in my opinion is a much better way to play basketball
KyNielsen ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:46:28 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck. This one really got me. I've seen it before, but I really feel bad about him (however, I do know he ended up being a success). It's not even like it's a bad idea or anything, and he seems like such a nice man. I don't cry often. But this one did it
There was a great anecdote told in HDT's "Walden"-- about an indian selling some wears to a wealthy family. The wealthy family does not want any, and the indian did not comprehend how such a wealthy person could refuse to buy their wears.
What one of the judges said explained this perfectly. Invented the game with his ex-wife? I wouldn't be surprised if this was all to relive a happier time.
nommas ยท 362 points ยท Posted at 20:51:35 on October 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I remember right, despite this video he did actually get some form of success. It became popular among the elderly. I mean, it's not the greatest result but at least he wasn't a total failure.
๐๏ธ BlisteringSky ยท 302 points ยท Posted at 21:03:40 on October 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Now he has a steady income and has made a living, but this video will remain hilarious and heartbreaking still.
"I have Bulletball"
AlonzoCarlo ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 16:43:09 on January 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that's some great news I really hope he is happy with it now
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 21:18:26 on January 7, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just checked the current news. Its a success for the older community so I assume so. Even till this day its a growing sport for the elderly.
HiNevermind ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 04:24:14 on January 10, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So happy to hear that. It's not the type of game I'd buy, but I'd be all over that shit if I ran into it at a friend's house or something.
Phukarma ยท 113 points ยท Posted at 08:45:23 on October 4, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh good. At least the poor guy got something.
dakunism ยท 98 points ยท Posted at 15:44:43 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshheglozIJ7itlD4431
[deleted] ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 09:12:45 on January 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh that's actually really awesome! I'm sure this made him happy. God, his dedication... OPs video was heartbreaking, worst thing I've seen on here (so far).
callmesnake13 ยท 71 points ยท Posted at 13:46:33 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah iirc some Christian group at a local college took up the cause by pretending to like Bulletball, and then one of them brought it to senior citizens.
RubberDong ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 03:22:03 on January 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
but reality tv is fake. it is presented this way.
apart from it being edited as fuck, they are guiding him with their questions. like that hillbilly rapper.
"where are you from, how did you get here?"
"i sold my car for a ticket" what kind of question is this?
"what have you put into this game over these years? where are you know?"
how are these questions even connected unless they are guiding him with their bullshit?
also its just a table with a ping pong ball. he did not invest his life in that thing. he is full of shit.
i can make you a bullet ball tomorrow. i will even make a hole for your dick in it. cause if there is one thing better than bullet ball...this is fuckable bullet ball .
you can play it and go back to that day you spent with your ex wife, the day you in vented bullet ball and you were happy, and she looked at you, and she kissed you...
callmesnake13 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:33:51 on January 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except that the whole story is documented online
mogar_was_here ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 16:09:46 on January 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you know how many Bigfoot shows there are? Lol.
RubberDong ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:42:15 on January 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Oh all right then. If its online... I ll pass.
callmesnake13 ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 19:22:35 on January 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. Online because it was covered by local news. This is probably a waste of time, and I know you feel like you're on a roll right now, but there are several categories of reality shows. All are "fake" in that they are guided by producers in different ways.
In the case of something like American Inventor (or American Idol, or The Voice) producers will set up massive cattle call auditions and then go out of their way to pick the craziest, most narcissistic, or best human interest angles. They had those questions for him because he had told producers all these things in a pre-interview. Then later, the producers intervened in the judging process so that the narrative would play out the way they wanted it to. However, the people auditioning were real people who were hand selected because of how they would come across on TV.
There's also the whole other category of reality shows - American Pickers, Storage Wars, Bigfoot whatever, ghost hunters, which are basically scripted from the outset with staged scenarios and multiple takes to get the reaction they want.
Source: have friends who produce reality shows, have had clients booked on reality shows, was scouted to be an "expert" for an episode of a reality show.
HiNevermind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:36:00 on January 10, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well said.
dakunism ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 15:44:45 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshheglozIJ7itlD4431
[deleted] ยท 288 points ยท Posted at 01:03:48 on November 9, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
[deleted]
[deleted] ยท 140 points ยท Posted at 05:32:43 on November 30, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
[deleted]
Nebresto ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 12:46:12 on December 1, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'd watch it
RubberDong ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:26:16 on January 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
closer i can think of is watchowskys' racer movie.
"I need to do something, and all I can do...is drive. I need to drive"
THE PLOT!!!
BestRedditorEVA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:34:01 on January 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
NUMBER 1 MOVIE IN AMERICA
.. .. ..
I have Bulletball
potedude ยท 165 points ยท Posted at 08:29:29 on October 4, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand how he had to mortgage his whole life for this. Surely to make a sample piece it would only cost a couple of thousand at the most?
doctordonydoctor ยท 100 points ยท Posted at 13:24:28 on October 7, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think he went into franchising and things like that before he really had any ground to stand on.
thedeathmechanics ยท 105 points ยท Posted at 05:04:48 on October 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Bulletball is kill
no
ivoryplume ยท 136 points ยท Posted at 22:18:29 on October 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
For what it's worth, Bulletball is apparently played in the St. Louis Senior Olympics now.
Shortdood ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 16:16:19 on November 10, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
im half laughing half crying, this is the definition of sadcringe
[deleted] ยท 76 points ยท Posted at 12:52:41 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Mah point
Wethequeens13 ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 21:29:35 on November 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I have Bullet Ball."
Guess I'm just going to go ahead and cry.
tjohn24 ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 14:56:25 on January 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Replace Bulletball with PhD
arnorath ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:43:45 on January 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
a PhD doesn't take you 26 years
megajigglypuff7I4 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:33:17 on January 13, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It does if you count your entire life leading up to getting one.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:41:54 on January 11, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It can
ArttuH5N1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:11:03 on January 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh shit
[deleted] ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 17:39:58 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
This comment has been overwritten by an open source script to protect this user's privacy. It was created to help protect users from doxing, stalking, harassment, and profiling for the purposes of censorship.
If you would also like to protect yourself, add the Chrome extension TamperMonkey, or the Firefox extension GreaseMonkey and add this open source script.
Then simply click on your username on Reddit, go to the comments tab, scroll down as far as possible (hint:use RES), and hit the new OVERWRITE button at the top.
phil_katzenberger ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 23:30:27 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If I could remember the lyrics to the Bulletball song, I could tell you.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 12:03:57 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
This comment has been overwritten by an open source script to protect this user's privacy. It was created to help protect users from doxing, stalking, harassment, and profiling for the purposes of censorship.
If you would also like to protect yourself, add the Chrome extension TamperMonkey, or the Firefox extension GreaseMonkey and add this open source script.
Then simply click on your username on Reddit, go to the comments tab, scroll down as far as possible (hint:use RES), and hit the new OVERWRITE button at the top.
phil_katzenberger ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 12:09:25 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/KEyhN4PtGPc
Andersmith ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 02:41:08 on November 23, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I did not learn what bulletball extreme is in that 4 minutes.
[deleted] ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 12:15:15 on November 20, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
This comment has been overwritten by an open source script to protect this user's privacy. It was created to help protect users from doxing, stalking, harassment, and profiling for the purposes of censorship.
If you would also like to protect yourself, add the Chrome extension TamperMonkey, or the Firefox extension GreaseMonkey and add this open source script.
Then simply click on your username on Reddit, go to the comments tab, scroll down as far as possible (hint:use RES), and hit the new OVERWRITE button at the top.
Dingus_Kahn ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 17:40:12 on January 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Gender neutral"
TasteThePainbow88 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 13:04:32 on December 1, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
He explains it in this interview: http://realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com/2006/03/30/american-inventor-passes-on-bulletball-but-keeps-the-table/
It's literally the same game with altered rules for competitive play. Because all sports have different names for league play, right? Like basketball is what you play in your driveway, but those bigger, faster guys on tv? That's Basketball Extremeยฎ.
EclipseTidal ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 11:31:48 on December 17, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Uhh, to be fair there is Streetball, which in my opinion is a much better way to play basketball
KyNielsen ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:46:28 on November 26, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck. This one really got me. I've seen it before, but I really feel bad about him (however, I do know he ended up being a success). It's not even like it's a bad idea or anything, and he seems like such a nice man. I don't cry often. But this one did it
adidasbdd ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 05:11:05 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
There was a great anecdote told in HDT's "Walden"-- about an indian selling some wears to a wealthy family. The wealthy family does not want any, and the indian did not comprehend how such a wealthy person could refuse to buy their wears.
DraxThDstryr ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 19:19:27 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wares
adidasbdd ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:40:10 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Underwear
Isrulius ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 12:39:56 on December 1, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who calls it wears? Wtf.
adidasbdd ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 15:19:21 on December 1, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Indians
Isrulius ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:43:10 on December 1, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh. I suppose that makes sense. Mein bad.
ExtraCheesyPie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:32:16 on February 16, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can you explain? I don't get it.
adidasbdd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:24 on February 16, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/316215-not-long-since-a-strolling-indian-went-to-sell-baskets
You would have to read the book to get the larger context, but this the account I referenced.
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 20:11:43 on October 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man... I really hope this is fake. That is just sad.
dakunism ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 15:45:15 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Don't worry, he actually gets some success out of it and helps the less fortunate while doing so! A pretty happy ending!
http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshheglozIJ7itlD4431
[deleted] ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 15:53:41 on November 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well that's good.
Poor guy sounded like he was broken on the inside.
AlonzoCarlo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:47:36 on January 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't expect him putting so much effort in this and this is truely a happy ending
Vylan24 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:29:19 on December 5, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That actually seems like it would be pretty fun
rebbitor ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:54:06 on January 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think he later found success marketing the game to the handicapped.
MyButtt ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:49:14 on January 19, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Still, it must be sad seeing that your life's work is only suitable for retarded people and invalids.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:17:03 on January 14, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here are people having fun playing it
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:14:18 on January 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Goddamn this really is the worst one so far...
Fredfredbug4 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:31:45 on January 25, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What one of the judges said explained this perfectly. Invented the game with his ex-wife? I wouldn't be surprised if this was all to relive a happier time.
AmericanCheeseburger ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:10:46 on February 1, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Death ruled as suicide...
http://www.shareonfb.com/kg8kx8/INVENTOR_MARC_GRIFFIN_FOUND_DEAD_IN_CAR
Some3rdiShit ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:47:58 on February 10, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you
EffingLame ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:19:21 on January 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Encyclopedia Dramatica entry on this is gold.